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Replay: From 36 Employees to 8: How Taki Moore Redesigned His Team to Scale with Taki Moore

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Show Notes

What happens when a founder stops following the rules… and designs a business around how their brain actually works?

Taki Moore, the founder behind Million Dollar Coach (and coach to Dan Martel, Erika Cramer and so much more) built a multi-million dollar business… and then deliberately stripped it RIGHT back.

But not only that…

He got rid of his entire sales team. Taking his business from 30+ team members to less than 10.

Now he is booked out months in advance, feels more creative, gets to spend time doing what he enjoys the most AND loves working in his business again.

So how did he do this?

By ditching the playbook and finally listening to what makes him a great leader.

Today I’m sitting down with Taki Moore, and his CEO Toni Bache, to talk about exactly how they're running their team, what was behind the decision to get rid of their sales team and how they restructured the business so it could grow without Taki burning out.

You’ll hear:

0:00 - Why Taki Moore keeps his team intentionally small (and how having less people actually made the business easier to run)

1:49 - The reality behind hiring too many people… What happened when Taki’s business started to feel bloated

6:23 - The point where most founders get stuck when trying to lead a bigger business

8:56 - How to get clear on what you need in your hires so you can stop panic hiring, and start hiring people who lift the bar in your business

9:56 - Does leading your business feel exhausting? You might need to try this approach instead

15:24 - Who manages the team in Taki’s business and why that role changed everything for him

18:29 - They key to having a team that runs well without constantly needing to check in or fix problems

20:48 - The Talent Density Test: The secret behind how Netflix hires

25:30 - What actually happened when Taki told his team he was downsizing his 30+ team to less than 10

31:05 - How to design a team around the way YOU work the best (not the way you think a “proper CEO” is supposed to work)

37:48 - The 5 step process Taki and Toni use to decide what parts of the business they can cut down on to get time and money back

40:26 - Good hires don’t come from job listings - they come from this instead

47:16 - What’s next for Taki and Million Dollar Coach

55:46 -  If Taki had to start completely all over and rebuild his whole team tomorrow… What's the first three roles he’d hire for and why

Want more of Taki? Find him on IG @takimoore or over on YouTube here.

Follow Toni over at https://www.instagram.com/toni.bache/?hl=en

If you want help building your offshore team, send me a message over at @jesswhatman_agentsync - ⁠https://www.instagram.com/jesswhatman_agentsync/⁠

If you want help building your offshore team, send me a message over at @jesswhatman_agentsync - ⁠https://www.instagram.com/jesswhatman_agentsync/⁠

Not sure what you could delegate or the next role you need? Ask Andy - https://agentsync.com.au/meet-andy

Find out more about off-shore employees over at ⁠https://www.instagram.com/agentsync_/⁠ and ⁠https://agentsync.com.au/⁠

And see behind the scenes content over at https://www.instagram.com/built.to.lead.podcast/

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